AC Maintenance & Tune-Ups in Augusta Township, Michigan

The best time to think about air conditioning in Augusta Township is April, when nobody is thinking about it. That is when Temprasure runs spring tune-ups across Augusta Township, MI, cleaning condenser coils before cottonwood season, testing capacitors before the first 90-degree day finishes them off, and flushing the condensate drains that flood 1960s–90s rural ranches and newer acreage builds on former farmland basements near Tuttle Hill Road corridor every July. We are about 18 minutes away in Ypsilanti, the visit is a single flat rate with no dispatch fee, and the report you get has real readings on it, not checkmarks. If something is marginal, you hear about it in April when it is cheap.

Augusta Township houses and what that means for ac maintenance

Augusta's housing is a long timeline laid out along the roads. The 1860s–1920s farmhouses have Michigan basements, two or three additions and forced-air systems that were added long after the house was built, usually with ductwork that never reached the upstairs properly. The 1960s–80s ranches and split-levels that make up the biggest share of the township sit on crawlspaces or shallow basements, with furnaces in hallway closets or utility rooms and ductwork under the floor that has collected decades of moisture and rodent traffic. Newer acreage homes and the subdivisions off Whittaker and Bemis Roads are 1995–2015 colonials and ranches on full poured basements with 80 or 90 percent furnaces, many on propane, and condensers sized by the builder's rule of thumb rather than a load calculation. Manufactured homes with package units or small furnaces are common on the back roads. A good number of properties also have a pole barn or shop with a hanging heater we end up servicing.

Finished basements are the big maintenance story in Augusta Township. A lot of the 1960s–90s rural ranches and newer acreage builds on former farmland around Tuttle Hill Road corridor have carpet, drywall and a family room right under the furnace, and the condensate drain from the evaporator coil runs through that space to a floor drain or a condensate pump. When the drain clogs with the algae that grows in it every humid summer, the first sign is wet carpet. Our Augusta Township tune-ups flush the line, treat it, verify the trap and test the float switch that is supposed to shut the system down before an overflow. If there is no float switch, which is common on systems installed before the mid-2000s, we tell you and can add one the same visit.

We treat Augusta Township as home territory for cooling work. The drive from Ypsilanti is about 18 minutes, the truck is stocked for the brands that went into the 1960s–90s rural ranches and newer acreage builds on former farmland around Rawsonville Road south of Bemis, Tuttle Hill Road corridor and Bunton Road area, and the dispatch fee is the same flat amount it is on our own street. Summer humidity near the Whittaker Road farm stands and Augusta Township Hall on Talladay Road punishes undersized returns and dirty coils more than raw heat does, so the first thing we check on a Augusta Township system is airflow, and the second is the condensate drain, because a flooded basement costs more than any repair.

Local details we plan around in Augusta Township

• Septic systems serve nearly every home, and condensate from a high-efficiency furnace should be neutralized or routed away from the septic line.
• High water tables along Stony Creek and Paint Creek flood crawlspaces, and we find rusted-through duct trunks and water-damaged furnaces in those areas after wet springs.
• DTE gas mains follow Whittaker Road, Willis Road and a few others, but a large share of the township's homes run on propane, and we size and set up equipment accordingly.
• Augusta is low, flat and open, and the land along Stony Creek and Paint Creek holds water well into spring, so basements and crawlspaces in the township's middle run damp for months. Winter wind crosses the fields with nothing in the way, and the exposed north and west sides of farmhouses and acreage homes carry heavier heating loads than their square footage would suggest. Summer humidity is high across the creek bottoms, and shade is scarce outside the older farmsteads with their windbreaks.